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In Nepal, people are dying for social media! 19 people lost their lives trying to get Facebook back
In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...
Xi Jinping and the Chinese APT’s Ambition
The post-COVID macro political movements, including ongoing conflicts, have prompted a majority of states to shift their medium- to long-term political objectives. Clearly, a paradigm shift has been v...
Salesloft Cyber Attack: Chatbot Drift Temporarily Disabled
Salesloft announced that it would temporarily deactivate its AI-powered chatbot Drift on September 5, after several companies were hit by a massive supply chain attack. The incident resulted in the ma...
Discover the Dark Web: Access, Secrets, and Helpful Links to the Onion Network
The Dark Web is a part of the internet that cannot be reached with standard browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). To access it, you need to use specific tools like the Tor Browser, which guarantees anonym...
AI A2 detected 102 0-day bugs and created exploits in Android apps for $1.77
Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
$16 billion in stolen Apple, Meta, and Google credentials up for sale for $121,000
The Darklab team, Red Hot Cyber‘s community of threat intelligence experts, has identified an ad on the dark web marketplace “Tor Amazon”, the criminal counterpart of the popular e-commerce site on th...
Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026: Sponsorships Open for the Fifth Edition in Rome
The Red Hot Cyber Conference has become a regular event for the Red Hot Cyber community and for anyone working in or interested in the world of digital technologies and cybersecurity. The fifth editio...
Hexstrike AI unleashes chaos! Zero-days exploited in record time
The release of Hexstrike-AI marks a turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. The framework, billed as a next-generation tool for red teams and researchers, is capable of orchestrating over 150 sp...
LockBit 5.0: Signs of a New and Possible “Rebirth”?
LockBit represents one of the longest-running and most structured ransomware gangs of recent years, with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that has profoundly impacted the criminal ecosystem. Fol...
The KING of DDoS! Cloudflare blocks a monstrous 11.5 terabit-per-second attack.
The record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded in June 2025 has already been broken. Cloudflare said it recently blocked the largest DDoS attack in history, which peaked at 11.5 Tbps. “Cloudflar...
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In a dramatic reversal, Nepal has lifted the nationwide social media blackout imposed last week after it sparked massive youth protests and caused at least 19 deaths, according to local media. The dec...

The post-COVID macro political movements, including ongoing conflicts, have prompted a majority of states to shift their medium- to long-term political objectives. Clearly, a paradigm shift has been v...

Salesloft announced that it would temporarily deactivate its AI-powered chatbot Drift on September 5, after several companies were hit by a massive supply chain attack. The incident resulted in the ma...

The Dark Web is a part of the internet that cannot be reached with standard browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). To access it, you need to use specific tools like the Tor Browser, which guarantees anonym...

Artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for creating confusing vulnerability reports and inundating open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. But researchers at Nanjing Universit...
What is cyber warfare? Between geopolitics, economics, and technology.
AI stymied by energy constraints, innovative space solutions needed
Donald Trump admits the US is hacking China: “That’s the way of the world.”
TapTrap Attack: How to Get Yourself to Click Things Even Your Mom Wouldn’t Approve of
AI will end the traditional software industry just as the Internet has changed traditional media.
Critical Vulnerability in the Linux Kernel: A New Privilege Escalation

What is cyber warfare? Between geopolitics, economics, and technology.
Redazione RHC - July 12th, 2025
Cyber warfare is a form of conflict that takes place at the cyber and digital level. This form of warfare has become increasingly widespread in recent years, thanks to the...

AI stymied by energy constraints, innovative space solutions needed
Redazione RHC - July 12th, 2025
During an interview on the Manifold podcast, Omar Shams, head of the Google Agents project, emphasized that besides chips, the other major limitation to AI development is energy. It's often...

Donald Trump admits the US is hacking China: “That’s the way of the world.”
Redazione RHC - July 12th, 2025
President Donald Trump briefly left Maria Bartiromo speechless during an interview when he insinuated that the United States was hacking Chinese systems. The president highlighted the "large trade deficit with...

TapTrap Attack: How to Get Yourself to Click Things Even Your Mom Wouldn’t Approve of
Redazione RHC - July 11th, 2025
TapTrap exploits user interface animations to bypass Android's permissions system, allowing it to access sensitive data or trick the user into performing destructive actions, such as factory resetting the device....

AI will end the traditional software industry just as the Internet has changed traditional media.
Redazione RHC - July 11th, 2025
Generative AI, including tools like Cursor and ClaudeCode, are dramatically reducing the cost and time of software development. What once cost hundreds or thousands of dollars per token can now...

Critical Vulnerability in the Linux Kernel: A New Privilege Escalation
Redazione RHC - July 11th, 2025
A critical double-free vulnerability has been discovered in the pipapo set module of the NFT subsystem of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a...
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